Valuing a values-based approach for assessing loss and damage

Anthropogenic climate change is causing widespread losses and damages to what people value. To date, non-economic loss and damage assessments are commonly guided by predefined 'types' of non-economic losses, similar to those proposed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Ch...

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Published in:Climate and development 2024-09, Vol.16 (8), p.722-729
Main Authors: van Schie, Douwe, McNamara, Karen E., Yee, Merewalesi, Mirza, Afsara Binte, Westoby, Ross, Nand, Moleen Monita, Ranon, Rawnak Jahan Khan, Clissold, Rachel, Anderson, Simon, Huq, Saleemul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropogenic climate changes
Anthropogenic factors
Bangladesh
climate
Climate change
Damage
Damage assessment
Damage tolerance
Economic impact
Economics
Environmental impact
Fiji
Human influences
International organizations
loss and damage
non-economic loss and damage
Pacific Islands
people
values
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Summary:Anthropogenic climate change is causing widespread losses and damages to what people value. To date, non-economic loss and damage assessments are commonly guided by predefined 'types' of non-economic losses, similar to those proposed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Instead, we draw from studies conducted in Bangladesh and Fiji to emphasize the benefits of a values-based assessment approach to gain a context-sensitive understanding of people's lived experiences of loss and damage. This approach reveals three key findings. The first is that centring local values in loss and damage assessments ensures that people's experiences and perspectives are recognized and valued. Second, such an approach reveals how climate change impacts, including what's tolerable and intolerable, affects people in different ways. The most intolerable impacts in Bangladesh relate to development and nature, which are deeply intertwined with other values. Intolerable impacts in Fiji include the loss of burial grounds and foundation stones, which provide a connection to ancestors and loved ones. And finally, we show how a values-based approach unifies often dichotomized economic and non-economic loss and damage, providing a holistic overview of climate-related impacts so that decisionmakers can more mindfully engage with people's everyday lives.
ISSN:1756-5529
1756-5537
1756-5537
DOI:10.1080/17565529.2023.2289533